The Golden Breeding Hens

Most of the Janssen fans are familiar with all the Janssen legends,
such as "Oude Merckx", "Jonge Merckx", "019", "Velo", "Geeloger", "Scherpe"
"Rocket", "Lichte" ...
But, very few people know the strength of Janssens lies in the strength of
their breeding hens. Among many great Janssen breeding hens, there is a very
special hen "Kweekduif van '67", she was first mated to "De Oude Merckx". Together they produced:

Mike Ganus' "969" is known as the best breeding son of the "019" in the U.S.
but do you know "969" is also bred from a son mated to a grand daughter of
"Kweekduif van '67".
That makes "969" a half brother to Janssen brother's "Jonge Rocket".

"Kweekduif van '67" was used as mate to all the best Janssen super stars, when
mated to "Jonge Merckx `70" they produced B75-6743170, he became the father of
Ad Schaerlenken 1985 National Orleans winner.
Amazingly Ad won National Orleans again in 1996 with a grand son of the 1985 winner, linebred using the same Breeding Method (It's a story for another time).

"Kweekduif van '67" when mated to a son of "Jonge Scherpe" produced another super breeding hen "Schoon Blauw `76":

"Schoon Blauw `76" 76-6129245 when mated to "Jonge Merckx" produced
the famous "Zitter". Her daughter "Lichte Van `81" also a very good
racer and breeder.
"Lichte Van `81" 81-6116683 Notice the strong forehead and broad chest.

The "Klein Blauw `78" was a very good racer and a striking beauty, she was
the mate to "Jonge Merckx van `70". Most of the present day Janssens are down
from this pair.

After completed the Janssen book,
Ad Schaerlenken received a gift, B80-6305981 Blue Check Hen Daughter of
"Jonge Merckx" and "Klein Blauw `78", from Janssen brothers.
B80-6305981 was later sold to Mike Ganus and was the mate
to "969". This is a Method #2 mating, and again a grand son mated a grand
daughter of "Kweekduif van '67".